Winding reel



June 112, 1923. I 1,458,432

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Patented June 12, 1923. I

hit-LTD STAT HARRY T. KEEL, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDING REEL.

Application filed November 4, 1922. Serial No. 599,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. Kenn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and.

useful Winding Reel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to winding reels and it has more particularreference to reels for winding up clothes lines and the like promptlyand neatly, the primary object had in view being to provide a windingreel of the type referred to which will evenly coil up a line quicklythereon without any bulges or unsightly protrusions.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a winding reel that isvery effective in use, simple in construction, and cheap to manufacture.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a winding reelthat is readily adjustable for the coiling or winding up thereon oflines of different length or diametric size.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will be apparent fromthe following description, my invention consists in the novel featuresof construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafterfully described and more specifically defined by the appended claims.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying sheet of explanatory drawings constituting a part of. thisspecification, and in which like characters of reference designate thesame or corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of my novel winding reel with a portionof a line wound thereon, said line being indicated by dot-and-dashlines.

Figure 2 is a side View of the preceding figure.

Figure 3 is a detail plan of a keeper hereinafter more fully described;and

Figure 4: is a side view looking to the left hand of Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numerals 5, 6 designatea pair of rectangular cross section parallel bars conveniently made ofwood or other suitable light and durable material, and said bars 5, 6have their inner end parts opposedly cut away or tapered at 7, to aid inwinding a long line as hereafter explained. 8, 9 are cross bars,preferably wooden rounds, the former of which is secured at one end by asprig or nail 10 in a hole 11 of like diameter provided for the purposein the bar 6 while its free end 12 is a slidable fit through a hole 13in the bar 5. Similarly the cross bar 9 is retained by a sprig or nail14 in a hole 15 in the bar 5, while its free end 16 is a sliding fitthrough a hole 17 in the bar 6. An examination of the drawings willestablish the fact that the, aforesaid free ends 12, 16 constitutehand-holds by means of which the reel can be operated or rotated forwinding up a line.

In order to provide a simple means whereby the aforesaid parallel bars5, 6 may be adjusted in space relation, I provide each of the cross bars8, 9 with a series of equally spaced grooves or kerfs 18, with whichcooperate hooks 19 appropriately pivoted on the outer faces of theaforesaid bars 5, 6 by means of wood screws or the like 20. Thus it willbe clearly apparent to those acquainted with the art that by unlatchingthe hooks 19 the parallel bars 5, 6 may be easily varied in parallelspaced relation, and relocked securely at the requisite adjustment byrelatching the hooks 19. This feature I deem of value in that it rendersmy novel winding reel easily adaptable for lines of different length anddiametric size.

In some instances the hooks 19 may be dispensed with and the parallelbars 5, 6 maintained in rigid spaced relation by springs or nails 21, aswill be readily un derstood by those conversant with the art.

A metal keeper 22 of appropriate dimensions is secured centrally of theinner face of one of the aforesaid parallel bars5 for eXample-by meansof nails or screws 23 passed through holes 24 in the flanges 25 thereof.Now it will be perfectly obvious that if one end of a line 26 is passedthrough this keeper 22 and knotted at 27 it can e easily wound upon thecross bars 8, 9 without creating any bulges in that the inner orattached end of said line is securely retained out of the winding pathwhen the device is in use.

The aforesaid winding reel will be found especially adapted forclotheslines, and in use the operator will, when stringing a line,firstly attach the free end of the line 26 to a post or other stationaryfixture whereupon said line can be unwound by the user detail c'hangesasWell as other usages, and

grasping the free ends or handholds l2, 16 i n 1his or her hands androtating "the declockwise direction. After stringing the line 26properly it will be easily seen that the device is not disconnectedtherefrom due to the connection of said line into the keeper 22. Intaking down {the line the operation of the reel is reversed and it Willbe understood that a sufficient tension can be, ex-

"erted thereon to snugly rewind the line on the reel, While the-cut awayor tapered ends "7 Will aidin guiding the line into position d/Vhilethere has been shown and described a preferred form of theinvention, .itwill be obviousthe same is susceptible of minor :the right isaccordingly hereby reserved to make such variations as fairly lie'Within the scope of the appended claims;

" "Having described my invention What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1s: 7 o I v 1'.'A"W1n d1ng reel comprising a,frame consistingof a pair of parallel bars and a palr of cross bars,said cross bars each having an end'projecting beyond one of saidparallelbars, said projecting ends having a plurality or spaced notches,and hooks pivoted on the parallel bars and adapted to v engage saidnotches whereby the parallel" --relation1to the cross bars. vice With acrank like movement 1n a contrabars may be secured in adjustable spaced'2. A Winding reel comprising a frame consisting of a pair of parallelbars and a palr of cross bars, said cross bars each having an endprogecting beyond one of said parallel bars, and means secured to saidparallel bars and cooperating with means on'the cross "bars Wherebytheparallel bars may be releasably held inadjusted spaced relation. V

3. A Winding reel embodying a frame including a pair. ofrectangularcross-section parallel bars having their 'inne r endsopposedly inclined outwards, a. pair ofround sectlon cross barslntersec'tlng and maintaining the aforesaid parallel bars in spacedrelation, one of said cross bars projecting at one side and the other atthe opposedfside of said frame to provide hand holds, equallyspacednotches'in the 'hand 'holdsiand c0- operative pivoted hooks on the outerfaces of the parallel bars 'forvarying thedistance between said parallelbars While retaining the same and the crossbfars inse cure relation, anda keeper-mounted centrally on the inner face of one parallelbar forreceiving the knotted end of a line.

Signed at Chester, county: of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, ofOctober, 1922. a 1 y o a TIARRY T,

this 25th day I

